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New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum

New Haven, CT
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03/18/1977
Bruce Springsteen
Set 1Night
Don't Look Back
Spirit In The Night
It's My Life
Thunder Road
Mona > She's The One
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (w/ Miami Horns)
Action In The Streets (w/ Miami Horns)
Backstreets
Jungleland
Rosalita (w/ Miami Horns)
Born To Run
Quarter To Three (w/ Miami Horns)
Set 2
Set 3Welcome to the fifth chapter of JEMS' Nothing to Lose series revisiting Bruce's remarkable 1977 tour. For the full history of our obsession with this era and the back story on these "Official Audience Tapes," please refer to the notes in Vol. One found here:

http://jungleland.dnsalias.com/torrents-details.php?id=38539

Installment No. 5 brings Springsteen to New Haven, Connecticut, as the tour settles into its final shows in the northeast, six of which are still to follow. For me, this is a period of near perfection in terms of the caliber of the performances and the sense of urgency that's palpable in the recordings.

There may be only 13 songs in the set, but Bruce and the band are making every one of them count. My typical listening to material from '77 has tended to focus on the unique songs, like "Action in the Streets" and "It's My Life." But in preparing this show, I was struck by just how good the "standard" songs are. Bruce sings "Spirit in the Night" and "Thunder Road" with every bit as much conviction as he does "Don't Look Back," and we all know how special "Backstreets" is every night in '77. Fresh ears also picked out a lot of distinctive guitar work from Steve and Bruce that I felt I had never noticed before. "We tore it apart and put it together again" indeed.

New Haven is the final "official audience" source in the JEMS Archive. I consider it the best recording of the five, sounding just a bit closer, sharper and with better instrument separation than the previous four. It came to us from a different source than the first four (an insider, not a collector), so it may also be a generation to the good comparitively. But it is incomplete, joined in progress during "Spirit."

Happily, our pal CB taped the show as well and loaned us his master cassettes. The CB source was previously released by Fanatic; we did a fresh transfer for this release. CB told me he taped from the back of the arena and it sounds like it, but the recording is still clear and fills in what's missing from the better source to give us the complete New Haven show. Samples provided.

Special thanks yet again to: M and J from JEMS for pulling out our many versions of these DATs and helping make new transfers; to CB, one of "The Original Two" who got the whole Springsteen taping hobby started; the folks on the Stone Pony message board whose thread sparked this series; and to mjk5510 who takes our bits and bobs and gets them all pretty for you.

When the '77 series returns, we'll revisit Toronto, Detroit and Toledo, all from fresh master transfers. Until then, enjoy New Haven, and better still, add your thoughts about the show and the recording in the comments.

BK for JEMS
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07/30/1982
Santana
Set 1All I Ever Wanted - Primera Invasion/Searchin' - Oxun (Oshun) - The Nile - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Well All Right - Incident At Neshabur - Body Surfing - Let Me Inside - Night Hunting Time - Nowhere To Run - Graham Lear - ? - Love Me Two Times - Open Invitation - She's Not There - Blues Jam/Blues Jam - ? - ? - American Gypsy - Europa - Shango' - La Bamba - Shake Your Money Maker
Set 2
Set 3
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08/25/1982
Genesis
Set 1Dance On A Volcano (Beginning Cut)
Behind The Lines
Follow You Follow Me
Dodo / Lurker
Abacab
Supper's Ready
Misunderstanding
Man On The Corner
Who Dunnit?
In The Cage-->
Cinema Show - Slippermen solo 4:08-->
Afterglow
Turn It On Again
Drum Duet-->
Los Endos
I Know What I Like-->
Watcher Of The Skies
Set 2
Set 3
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09/23/1982
Grateful Dead
12520, 100254, 108973, 111031, 117589, 117590, 144676, 144677, 153117, 163451, 163452
Set 1Alabama Getaway >
Greatest Story Ever Told
Peggy-O >
Little Red Rooster
Tennessee Jed
Mama Tried >
Mexicali Blues
Althea >
Let It Grow
Set 2Touch Of Grey >
Lost Sailor >
Saint Of Circumstance
Ship Of Fools
Throwing Stones >
Drums >
Space >
The Wheel >
The Other One >
Wharf Rat >
Around & Around >
Johnny B. Goode

Encore:
It's All Over Now Baby Blue
Set 3
CommentJerry Garcia - Guitar
Bob Weir - Guitar
Brent Mydland - Keyboards
Phil Lesh - Bass
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Mickey Hart - Drums
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03/01/1984
Kiss
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
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05/31/1985
Accept
Set 1Metal Heart
Midnight Lover
Love Child
Screaming For A Love-Bite
Dogs On Leads
Living For Tonite
Up To The Limit
Balls To The Wall
CommentAccept opening for Iron Maiden.
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11/03/1987
Dokken
Set 1Kiss of Death
Just Got Lucky
Into the Fire
Burning Like a Flame
Alone Again
It's Not Love
In My Dreams
Unchain The Night
Lightning Strikes Again
Set 2
Set 3
CommentThey Back-Up Aerosmith
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04/06/1989
Britny Fox
Set 1Rock Revolution
In America
Girlschool
Kick n Fight
Hold On
Save The Weak
Long Way To Love
Fun In Texas
CommentSupporting Ratt
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